Ticket-holder



(No Model.)

H. PENN.

TICKET HOLDER.

No. 884,684. PatentedJune 19, 1888;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FENN, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,684, dated .Tune19, 1888.

Application filed December 3, 1887. Serial No. 256,893. (No model.)v

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FENN, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to ticket-holders for railway passengercars,and has for its ob ject-economy of construction and ready adaptation foruse; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter fully described,and specifically designated by the claim.

In order that skilled persons may understand how to make and use myimprovement, I will proceed to describe the same in detail, referring byletters to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisapplication, in which- Figure 1 is a broken perspectiveillustrating myimprovement applied to the top of a carseat back; Fig. 2,v a similarView with the holder applied to the seat in two separate sections, andFig. 3 a perspective showing a modified form of construction.

eral figures.

A is the seat-back, and B the top strip.

Similar letters denote like parts in the sev- C is my improved holder,which is formed from brass, steel, or any other suitable material whichhas a spring quality.

I have shown at Fig. 1 the preferred construction, the holder being madedouble and of a single piece.

, The central part of the holder is secured to the strip B by screws,while the ends of the4 same lie snugly against the strip. `Between the`center and the ends the holder is curved or bent, so as to leave aspace between it and the strip for the ready insertion of the ticket.

If desired, the holder may be secured to the strip in separate sections,as shown at Fig. 2; and in order to still further facilitate theinsertion of a ticket the ends of the holder may be slightly curvedupward, as shown at Fig. 3.

The combination, with the top strip of a railway-car seat, of aliatspring-metal ticketholder secureddirectly upon said strip and curvedfrom this point of attachment away from said strip t0 the end orholdingpoint, which latter lies closely against the strip, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY EENN.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., S. S. WILLIAMsoN.

